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Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
4 of 5 stars
I dove eagerly into Thorn Queen as soon as I finished reading Storm Born. Richelle Mead is a straight-forward writer and an excellent story-teller. Her descriptions of the other world and supporting characters made it incredibly easy to relate to Eugenie Markham, the main [...]

This Lamy Al-Star actually belongs to the BF.  It’s fairly similar to the Lamy Safari except for two obvious things: the body, unlike the plastic body of the Safari, is aluminum and the section is a tinted, clear black, making the feed visible. He got his with a (M)edium nib.
The Lamy Al-Star still has its [...]

The best way to enjoy Ring by Koji Suzuki is to not watch the movie (the Japanese one or the American remake) and not know anything about it.  I’m jealous of people who can come to the novel with a fresh mind like that.   For the rest of us, the novel is still good, but [...]

There’s a phrase in Chinese, chi ku (eat bitterness), which Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls exemplifies perfectly. From one end of the book to the other, there’s nothing but hardships and heartaches.
The first hardship I found is not actually in the story in the novel, but comes from the novel itself.  See writes in the [...]

Dr. Nick Trout is the animal surgeon turned author who wrote Tell Me Where It Hurts. I heard of him through NPR when he was promoting his book a few months ago.Tell Me Where It Hurts follows him through a hectic but not atypical day in his clinic.
Trout is a talented storyteller who balances [...]

Yu Chun Naeng Myun was brought to my attention by this post on delicious coma. The restaurant specializes in those toothsome cold Korean noodles, which made it the perfect choice for lunch one hot day last week.
The restaurant, located in the heart of Korea town, is on one leg of an L-shaped strip mall sharing [...]

Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5): I actually don’t remember anything outstanding about this one. Maybe it’s because I just speed-read through this one. Maybe it’s because I’m not as interested in the were-animal storyline. The whole sniper who’s out to get all the shape-shifters was yawn-worthy, and [...]